Roll-paper holder and cutter



HENOK.

ER AND CUTTER.

(No Model.)

' ROLL PAPER HOLD Patented Nov. 18, 1890.

* W NT R. .Wkwfdd M ESS UNITED STATES WILLIAM A. SOHENCK, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO.

ROLL=PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,928, dated November18, 1890.

Application filed November 6; 1889 erial No. 329,440. (No model) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. SOHENCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Holders andCutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to roll-paper holders and cutters; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of the severalparts comprising the device for holding the roll and for severing piecesfrom the roll, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my newpaper-holder as seen in position for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cutting or severingattachment, showing a hinged cover for protection. Fig. 4 is a top orplan view of the same.

A represents a board which supports the working parts of my device, andwhich is designed to be secured to the under side of a table, counter,or shelf.

B is a sheet of tin or other suitable metal secured to the under side ofsaid board, having the end next to the end of the board formed withsaw-teeth b and projecting a little beyond the end of the board.

0 is a cover for said toothed edge, consisting of a strip of metalhinged at its upper corners to the end of the board. Its outer edge isbent and turned downward lying over the serrated edge of the sheet B.The purpose of this is to protect the hand of the operator when reachingdown for grasping the end of the paper.

D D are metal hangers attached to the board A and sheet B for holding aroll of paper P. In their lower ends are holes in which. the journalpins p of the core of the roll are inserted, the hangers being sprungapart for inserting them in placing the roll in them.

E is a guide-loop of wire fixed to the under side of the board, throughwhich the end of the paper is passed.

F is a friction-roller having its journals supported in loops ff.

G G are springs secured to the under side of the board at one of theirends and their other ends extending under the journals of thefriction-roller F, outside of the loops ff, the tension of the springspressing the roller F upward against the sheet B. The end of the paperis passed between the roller F and the sheet B, as seen in Figs. 1 and2.

From the foregoing the Working of this device is seen to be as follows:The operator grasps the end of the paper and pulling it unrolls as muchas desired. Then by lifting u pward to bring the paper into contact withthe serrated edge of the metal sheet B and pulling more on one side ofthe paper than the other a portion is quickly torn or severed, the endof the paper thus severed having a serrated edge. The cover Cis alsoraised by the raising of the paper and does not interfere with severinga piece from the roll, and as soon as the piece is severed the coverimmediately drops again.

Having described my invention I claim- The combination of the hingedcover 0,

with the serrated cutting-edge of plate B, of

a roll-paper holder consisting of board A,

hangers D, bail E, roller F, and springs G G,

as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM A. SOHENOK.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. TIBBITTS, CHAS. G. GANFIELD.

